About the Authors

Randi Aluis a Senior at the University of Pittsburgh studying Nonfiction Writing and Film Studies, with a minor in Japanese and a Related Area in History (centered around Japanese Religious History). Besides that, as an archetypal geek, she enjoys video games, comic books, sci-fi and cult movies. This identity is protected under Creative Commons. And by Jedi Masters.

Steven Balenois a Senior at the University of Pittsburgh studying Nonfiction Writing. In his free time, he likes to wander around museums, chase squirrels and pretend he is engaged to Olivia Wilde. He currently writes about urban exploration, media theory and pop culture.

Ken Boysenis a senior at Pitt majoring in English Writing. When he’s not scrambling to meet deadlines writing for the Pittsburgh Sports Report, Ken enjoys kicking Covenant ass in Halo, scouring countless message boards for information related to his beloved Philadelphia Phillies, and trying new spicy foods.

Gareth Gebhardt is very nearly a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he studied Nonfiction Writing after deciding Poli Sci was much too boring. He enjoys playing music, watching cancelled television shows, reading Wikipedia and eating donuts.

Alexis Wnuk is a Senior at the University of Pittsburgh studying Neuroscience and Nonfiction Writing. When she's not studying brains, she enjoys cooking, baking, and making things. She may or may not own a lightsaber.

About the Site

Street Art Pittsburgh spends its off time reading Faulkner, practicing taekwondo and looking for that special html code to spend the rest of its life with. Street Art Pittsburgh is also a culminating project done for the authors' "Topics In Nonfiction" class at the University of Pittsburgh during the fall of 2011. It's focus is to explore digital mediums and social media, while effectively utilizing them to tell a story. Under the guidance of our professor, Paige Williams, Street Art Pittsburgh has become the site you see now

When we began planning out exactly how we wanted to present this project, one decision we all agreed upon was that we wanted to reflect the visual and participatory nature inherent in street art itself. So, on the visual side of things, we emphasized photography via the slideshow presentation and video via an embedded YouTube player. All our photos are hosted on Flickr or Picasa, because they're both free and easy to use. With collaboration in mind, we established our Twitter feed, created a publicly accessible Google Map, and posted threads on social networking site Reddit in order to allow contributions from the largest possible audience. Creating a customized website seemed the obvious choice to best organize all our pieces because it offered more creative control than traditional blogging sites. Feel free to contact us via email, Twitter or comment section in The Story So Far page; we'd love to hear from you.